HMRC has published a Revenue and Customs brief on 1st July confirming that businesses have been given a further 6 months to submit a valid certificate of status for the prescribed year 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.
The praxis has shown that complex business structures, international trade and cross-border transactions entail significant challenges for most companies independent of the company size.
In order to stay compliant and minimize any VAT risks, it is important to keep track of all the relevant company processes, supply chains, etc. These challenges and developments are going hand in hand with efficient use of resources and finding efficient and pragmatic solutions in line with legislations in different countries.
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It’s time again for the biennial edition of the PwC VAT Conference. This year we are meeting virtually on two mornings. The conference will be focusing on the recent and upcoming changes in the sphere of VAT.
The Guide to the VAT One Stop Shop providing practical details concerning registration, VAT returns and VAT payments is now available in https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/vat/ressources_en
On March 18th, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a judgment concerning the compliance with the VAT Directive of Polish regulations which, in certain situations, impose recognition of output and input VAT under ICA and importation of services in settlements for other periods, which in practice leads to ICA and importation of services losing their neutrality status for the taxpayer. Such settlement is connected with the necessity of paying irrecoverable penalty interest on tax arrears.
In the judgment C-895/19 the Court indicated that the Polish provisions of the VAT Act are not compliant with the VAT Directive.
The UK EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) eliminates all customs duties on goods which originate in the UK or EU – representing the most extensive trade agreement on tariffs the EU has ever made.
Businesses established in Northern Ireland who incur VAT on goods in the EU, and EU businesses who incur VAT on goods in Northern Ireland, will be able to recover this VAT through the electronic cross-border refund system. This enables a business to recover that VAT directly from that country (the UK or EU member state of refund) provided that it is not established in the country of refund and makes no supplies there.
The “Revenue and Customs Brief 20 (2020): repayment of VAT to overseas businesses not established in the EU and not VAT registered in the UK” has been published.
Publication by PwC Germany
The German Federal Ministry of Finance (Bundesministerium der Finanzen, or BMF) has published a decree on retroactive correction of VAT invoices. The tax authorities’ VAT application guidelines have been updated accordingly. The decree follows the principles of European Court of Justice (ECJ) case law and certain principles of national case law as developed by the Federal Fiscal Court (Bundesfinanzhof, or BFH).
On 22 October 2020, an opinion of the Advocate General (AG) has been published in the case SK Telecom Co. Ltd. Vs Finanzamt Graz-Stadt (Case C‑593/19). This case concerns the use and/or enjoyment rules for VAT in case of roaming services in a EU Member State.
PwC Switzerland VAT
